How i started cooking.

My name is Moses, I am the last born of my parents, all my siblings have all grown up, so it just remaining only me one at home, my dad was a civil servant before he finally retired, while my mom is a trader.

My mom always wake up at 5am every day on a daily bass, except the day she wasn't going to market, my mom is the first person to wake up in our house even while my older siblings were still staying with us, she will wake up, do the dishes, cook and then leave the house, so while we wake up, it just for my senior siblings to wash plate, sweep the house, and also bath, food is always ready, especially morning food, then in the evening, my overall senior sisters will go to the market to collect what she will cook and she will cook the food for everyone to eat, and she started teaching every one ones how to cook, despite that my mom is busy every morning because she is going to the market, she also create time, so that she can be with us. And also teach everyone how to do domestic chores, but she just prefer doing it her self.

After many years all my siblings have gone, so were in school, while some in their husband house, some decided to stay on their own so that they can start their own life.

I was the only one at home with my parents, due to the fact that I am the last born, my mom pet me very well, she always get snack for me anytime she is coming from the market, even till date, that because i am still around in the house, before I wake up every morning my mom has already cooked, some times she will also cook what I will eat even in the afternoon, mine own is just to wash plate, sweep the room, and warm the food.

As time goes on I decided to be staying near my mom while she is cooking, that because I will soon be going to higher institution, and I dont like eaten outside food, and beside the money was not even there, my senior brother in higher institution told me that school life is only sweet when you have money, which i can say is the truth because I have experience it.

I started getting closer to the kitchen, so my mom noticed, and ask me why, I told her I wanted to learn how to cook, and she said no pro, but just that it will be only in the evening time, because she cant be waiting for me to wake up in the morning before she start cooking, so I said OK. So some times my mom will tell me that I will be the one to warm 2moro morning food, probably if she wakes up later, so although i was learning, my mom only restricted me to cooking of rice, while she will come to make stew, i also cook indomie, spaghetti, and also make eba. So I just decided to be learning even though I was not given the chance to cook, so when I got admission to higher institution then I know that this is my chance to improve on my cooking skills.

So before I left to my house which was in school, I like my privacy and that was why i rented an apartment in school, so I meet my mom and I was having paper and biro with me, I told her she should put me through on the step of how to cook all kind of soup including my favorite soup which is banga soup, so I put all of them down on my book, and I also snap and send the book to my email in case I lost it, and I told my mom to buy me some ingredients such as groundnut, melon and ogbolo, and I grind them and took them along with me to school.

When I get to school I was cooking rice, beans, indomie, and spaghetti, so I them decide to try out one of the soup, truth be told it wasn't easy, then I know the difference between life practical and observing pratical. The first soup i cook was fried egusi soup. I was looking at my book to know what and what to do next, I ended up cooking the soup with a lot of peppers, so i just manage the food, after that I cook another soup. And I was also looking at the book in other for me to know what and what to do, I kept on doing this for like 2 weeks, and after while I master it, right now I can bodly say i can cook any time of soup that i can eat without reading any book, and trust me my food is really good, all throughout my stay in school i havent use my money to buy food, because I know that same money can get me home cook food which i will be satisfied.